Latest going and market movers for day one of Newbury's Winter festival

The going is soft, good to soft in places for the first day of Newbury's Winter festival, where Paisley Park is set to star in the Grade 2 Ladbrokes Long Distance Hurdle (3.00).

Andrew Gemmell's seven-year-old will be seen on the track for the first time since his comprehensive victory in the Stayers' Hurdle at Cheltenham in March, with Thistlecrack the main danger according to the morning market.

Ladbrokes Long Distance Hurdle runners and riders

Paisley Park (Aidan Coleman)
The Worlds End (Adrian Heskin)
Unowhatimeanharry (Barry Geraghty)
Beer Goggles (Richard Johnson)
Thistlecrack (Tom Scudamore)

The Grade 2 contest features the last four winners of the race – Unowhatimeanharry (2018 and 2016), Beer Goggles (2017) and Thistlecrack (2015).

Read David Carr's preview of the race won by Big Buck's on four occasions between 2009 and 2012.

Also set to play a leading role on the day is the Nicky Henderson-trained Champ, who is looking to justify his standing at the head of the RSA Chase market when he faces five classy rivals in the Grade 2 novice chase (2.25).

Champ: one of the stars on show at Newbury on FridayCredit: Alan Crowhurst / Getty Images

Familiar names including Kalashinkov, Glen Forsa and San Benedetto litter an intriguing handicap chase at 1.50, while there may well be several future stars lurking in the pair of novice hurdles at 12.15 and 1.20.

Clerk of the course Keith Ottesen said: "The going is soft, good to soft in places. We had 2.5 millimetres of rain overnight and the forecast is for a dry and sunny day."

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Market movers

12.45 Khage 5-1 (from 13-2), The Flying Sofa 8-1 (from 9)
1.50 Oldgrangewood 11-2 (from 8-1), The Bay Birch 25-1 (from 28)
3.35 Potters Hedge 8-1 (from 9), Dr Des 20-1 (from 22)

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